“[Lim] is an accomplished and experienced academic administrator, and I believe the university will benefit from his leadership as interim president at this time,” UT System Chancellor James Milliken said Saturday in an email to the UTA community.

The UT system decided to pause the presidential search because of the demands of responding to the coronavirus pandemic and to allow the system to focus on its plans for the summer and fall, he said.

Reese Oxner. Reese is a freelancer for the Arlington Matters newsletter. He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in May 2020 with a degree in Communication Technology. He was the editor in chief of The Shorthorn, UTA’s student-run newspaper. He also really likes Korean BBQ.